Foods for a Healing Dental Implant

One of the first questions we get asked after a successful dental implant procedure is “what can I eat?” While it is true that dental implants are fully capable of handling any type of food you may throw at them, they tend to be sensitive directly after the procedure. As a result, you will need to avoid foods that are hard or chewy while your implants heal. Fortunately, there are still many great foods that you can eat with your healing dental implants. Today, Dr. K. Ashraf is blogging from Waterloo, ON to talk about some of the foods you may want to stick to during this time.

Cheese

Cheese can make a great snacking food when you are recovering from the implant procedure. This is because most cheeses, such as brie and Manchego, are soft enough for you to eat with your healing implant. You can even continue to eat the harder cheeses so long as you are sure to melt them first.

Yogurt

Yogurt tends to be the go-to meal directly after any kind of oral procedure. The reason for this is the fact that yogurt is naturally soft and creamy, meaning it won’t harm your healing implant fixture. Yogurt also comes in a large variety of different flavors, making it easy to find one that will fit your individual tastes.

Eggs

Not only are eggs a great source of protein but, when cooked, they are soft enough to be eaten with a healing dental implant. Eggs are also a great choice because they can be cooked in a variety of different ways and can even be mixed with other foods, allowing you to experiment with different and more interesting recipes.

Soup

Soup is an incredibly popular post operation food because not only is soup soft enough to be eaten with sensitive teeth, but the warmth tends to make people feel better. Much like Yogurt, soup comes in many different flavors and types, allowing you to find one that you will enjoy.

Soft Grains

One last type of food you may want to consider while you wait for your dental implant to finish healing is soft grains. Meals such as cooked oatmeal, cream of wheat, and oat bran are all soft enough for your new dental implant to handle. And, you can even add tasty items such as berries, cinnamon, and peanut butter to your meal, making it taste even better.

Call and Schedule a Dental Implant Consultation

As you can see, there are still many great meals ahead of you even if you won’t have access to the so-called “good stuff”. What is great about the foods listed above is the fact that these items can provide the basis for more interesting meals, ensuring that you will never get bored during this time of healing. If you would like to learn about even more foods you can eat with your healing dental implant, we encourage you to contact us and schedule a no-obligation consultation with dental implant provider Dr. K. Ashraf today.

During this difficult time, we are trying to do our part during the COVID-19 crisis. We are continuing to see patients with dentofacial emergencies. This means as one of the few practices remaining open during this pandemic, we are treating patients with emergencies from our fellow dental colleagues, in the Waterloo and Wellington regions (Waterloo-Kitchener-Cambridge and Guelph and surrounding townships)
We hope to assist and help as many people as we can. We also hope this will reduce the number of patients that are visiting hospitals that can be treated by us, thus freeing up time and room for the hospitals and slowing the spread of this virus.
Some additional steps our practice has taken to slow down the spread of the virus and "flatten the curve" are:
- Sanitation of common areas such as the front entry doors and the waiting room in between every patient
- Appointments are spread out so that the waiting area only has one patient at a time
- All front desk staff are wearing masks
- State of the art air purifiers (Surgically Clean Air Units x5 in total)
- Patients receive gloves upon entering the clinic
And of course we have all required PPE protocol set as a standard by the Royal College of Dental Surgeons and the Province of Ontario.
During this time we all need to help each other and do our part, only then can we pull through this quicker and return to a more happy, thankful and prosperous society.
Wishing you all the best of health,
From our family to yours.